OT: How to stop UltraDNS sales people calling

Tue Nov 28 19:33:28 UTC 2006

Andy Davidson wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I am really fed up of calls from UltraDNS - we seem to get them every
> few days.  We don't need their product.  
> 
> We've tried saying no, and additionally we've tried putting people on
> hold indefinitely, trying to be enough of a nuisance to drop off their
> sales call list (works with UK telcos - try it).
> 
> I just had a guy on hold for 18 minutes before taking him off hold to
> say that we didn't want their product, and could he please stop calling.
> 
> He told me he would still calling until he got through to the right
> person.  I am the right person.

It sounds like Jane Barbe is the right person.  Capture their caller ID, 
set your asterisk dialplan to forward to (or play a recording of) the 
intercept announcement of your choice.  Or if UltraDNS has a toll-free 
number, letting them eat their own excrement for a while can be fun.

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